In a war without honor, one knight must choose between duty and damnation.
Sir Gautier de Savignac is a relic of chivalry in an age of ash. As the brutal Lion's War grinds kingdoms into dust, he leads broken men at the doomed Battle of Blackwater Ford—where arrows blot out the sun, siege towers cast long shadows, and rivers run red with the blood of boys forced to bear arms.
When his squire is maimed defending him and his commander orders a cruel sacrifice of innocent lives, Gautier faces an impossible choice: obey and become a monster, or defy orders and risk everything for a shred of mercy. With the enemy closing in and his own ideals crumbling, he leads two orphaned brothers on a suicide mission behind enemy lines—where fire, betrayal, and a final act of defiance will decide whether the hawk on his chest still stands for nobility...
...or is just another symbol in the mud.
